PhD New Student Orientation

Reminders: Pick up keys for Gates building at Room B18 on Friday, September 20, 9am to noon and 1pm to 3pm. For more questions on PhD program, please email phdstudentservices@cs.stanford.edu

Overview of Academic Requirements for the PhD Year One: • CS 300 • Rotation program, choosing a permanent research advisor Two: • Completing Breadth requirements • 3 units of coursework from at least 4 different faculty members • Filing for Candidacy Three: • Quals • Teaching requirement Four: • Reading committee Form and thesis proposal Five, Six: • Complete 135 units • Orals • Dissertation

PhD Academic Requirements https://cs.stanford.edu/academics/phd/phd-requirements/academic-requirements https://cs.stanford.edu/academics/phd/graduate-student-forms

Department requirements Minimum enrollment is 8 units. Total units should not exceed 10 units in each quarter. First quarter – 1 unit of CS 300 and at least 3 units of CS 499 with faculty (or research equivalent of CS 499 for students rotating with faculty outside of CS department). CS faculty advisor for alignment. If principal advisor is not CS, then you need a CS faculty co-advisor. University requirement of GPA 3.0 to graduate.

Financial Support Everyone gets the same level of support. Sources of support - Research Assistantship - Fellowship – external/internal - Course Assistantship

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*Please review your academic calendar for more! Important Dates Sept 23 First day of Autumn Quarter; instruction begins Sept 23 Preliminary Study List deadline (Must be enrolled in at least 8 units to avoid late fee) Oct 11 Final Study List deadline (All course enrollment, units, grading basis must be finalized) *Please review your academic calendar for more! http://exploredegrees.stanford.edu/academiccalendar